“The cost of capital on the surface looks very cheap. This could lead to Japanese companies overpaying. On a yen-terms basis money is cheap now, but that is gradually going to change.”
Yuichiro Wakatsuki
“Shareholders should be happy, ... Lloyds is not overpaying and for Abbey it's a reasonable exit price.”
Jim Wood
“While it could be a knock-out blow, at what point are we overpaying? I think we could be getting close to that point based on the cardiac rhythm business.”
Mark Landy
“You just can't get emotional and caught up in the bidding. Overpay, you'll get killed.”
Jon Kaplan
“Procter did overpay for what was there, but not for what they bought. Give them a month and see what Fusion can do.”
Gary Stibel
“A lot of these are insane. They are repetitive and we are overpaying our consultants when the county is doing all the work. We should be paying that money to our staff to improve our internal works, particularly in engineering.”
Sarah Heard
“The market has been spooked by the fact that these guys would overpay. But I don't think this can be in any way interpreted as a worse case scenario.”
Jay Wilson
